Overnight, Earthquakes & LavaBecomes New Normal on Hawaii Big Island

5-10-18, One day after Hawaii's Kilauea volcanic eruption, President Trump approved disaster aid for the Big Island. Aerial photos show huge fissures in the land and lava swallowing homes. Thousands of citizens flee.

In Puna, hazardous fumes continue to pour from 15 fissures that stretch over nearly three miles

Lava flows have covered more than 117 acres of land, destroying 36 structures including 27 homes - More here

History: Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. It makes up the south eastern side of the Big Island of Hawaii. Rising 4,190 feet above sea level and is about 14 percent of the land area of the Big Island. The summit caldera contains a lava lake known as Halema`uma`u. Kilauea has had more than 60 recorded eruptions in the current cycle and has been erupting on a continuous basis since 1983.

​East Rift Zone Eruption Update for Saturday May 12 at 9:30 AMThis is a Civil Defense Message: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory [HVO] reports a new fissure in the lower East Rift Zone. Lava spatter was reported east of the geothermal plant property and northeast of Lanipuna Subdivision. Continuing earthquakes, ground deformation and sulphur dioxide emissions mean additional outbreaks of lava are possible. HVO states that an explosive eruption at Halema’uma’u Crater is possible. This could generate ash plumes and dangerous debris that may affect an area as far as 12 miles from the summit crater.

5-3-18, StarAdviser, Honolulu, Hawaii - In the span of less than 24 hours, Hawaii island shook from the state’s strongest earthquake [6.9 mag] since 1975, evacuated roughly 1,800 people from lower Puna, and witnessed six new Kilauea volcano lava fissures burn into the small rural community of Leilani Estates. ​More here